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awesome-n64-development

A curated list of Nintendo 64 development resources including toolchains, documentation, emulators, example code, and more
https://github.com/command-tab/awesome-n64-development

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  • Assemblers

    • ARM9/bass - A fork of byuu's bass assembler which has been updated with Nintendo 64 MIPS/RSP/RDP output
    • armips - An assembler for various ARM and MIPS platforms
    • Screwaround64 - An interactive assembler for Nintendo 64
    • lips - A MIPS R4300i assembler written in Lua
    • naken_asm - An assembler for a variety of CPUs including standard MIPS III (Nintendo 64 CPU) and RSP
    • Screwaround64 - An interactive assembler for Nintendo 64

  • Community

  • Development Hardware

    • Unmaintained

      • 64drive - A flash cartridge with USB support targeted at developers. Currently near impossible to get new, or expensive second hand.
      • EverDrive 64 X7 - A flash cartridge with USB support for development
      • UltraHDMI - Tech](https://www.game-tech.us/product/ultrahdmi/)) - A board that can be installed into the console to capture the digital output of the RCP and send it out a Mini HDMI connector to a modern TV. Convenient for connecting a real console to a nearby monitor while viewing the best possible output signal.
      • N64RGB - An N64RGB mod that supports every motherboard revision and works pretty well.
      • UltraSave - A device that works with the 64drive to transfer saves from real cartridges
      • GameShark 3.0+ - A method of running homebrew via a GameShark
      • sm64gameshark - How to transfer GameShark codes from USB to parallel, and how to identify GameShark cartridges with functional parallel ports
      • Replacement Carts - A set of EagleCAD files for manufacturing your own N64 carts
      • ED64 Plus - A Chinese clone of the Everdrive 64 at a much cheaper price point. It also has a disconnected USB port with a missing FT245R chip that [can be reattached](https://odysee.com/@backofficeshow:f/everdrive-ed64-nintendo-64-teardown:0) for theoretical added functionality.
      • SummerCart64 - A fully open source, production ready, flashcart with 64DD implementation built-in. Mostly geared towards homebrew development.
      • 64drive - A flash cartridge with USB support targeted at developers. Currently near impossible to get new, or expensive second hand.
      • Brutzelkarte - An open-source (hardware and software) FPGA-based flash cartridge
      • El Barato 64 - An in-progress open source development cartridge
      • N64cart - A flash cartridge based on the RP2040 microcontroller
      • UltraHDMI - Tech](https://www.game-tech.us/product/ultrahdmi/)) - A board that can be installed into the console to capture the digital output of the RCP and send it out a Mini HDMI connector to a modern TV. Convenient for connecting a real console to a nearby monitor while viewing the best possible output signal.
      • UltraSave - A device that works with the 64drive to transfer saves from real cartridges
      • sm64gameshark - How to transfer GameShark codes from USB to parallel, and how to identify GameShark cartridges with functional parallel ports
      • gs_libusb - GameShark Pro utilities using libusb over a USB parallel port adapter
      • sm64gameshark - How to transfer GameShark codes from USB to parallel, and how to identify GameShark cartridges with functional parallel ports
      • sm64gameshark - How to transfer GameShark codes from USB to parallel, and how to identify GameShark cartridges with functional parallel ports
      • sm64gameshark - How to transfer GameShark codes from USB to parallel, and how to identify GameShark cartridges with functional parallel ports
      • sm64gameshark - How to transfer GameShark codes from USB to parallel, and how to identify GameShark cartridges with functional parallel ports
      • sm64gameshark - How to transfer GameShark codes from USB to parallel, and how to identify GameShark cartridges with functional parallel ports
      • sm64gameshark - How to transfer GameShark codes from USB to parallel, and how to identify GameShark cartridges with functional parallel ports
      • sm64gameshark - How to transfer GameShark codes from USB to parallel, and how to identify GameShark cartridges with functional parallel ports
      • sm64gameshark - How to transfer GameShark codes from USB to parallel, and how to identify GameShark cartridges with functional parallel ports
      • sm64gameshark - How to transfer GameShark codes from USB to parallel, and how to identify GameShark cartridges with functional parallel ports
      • sm64gameshark - How to transfer GameShark codes from USB to parallel, and how to identify GameShark cartridges with functional parallel ports
      • SummerCart64 - A fully open source, production ready, flashcart with 64DD implementation built-in. Mostly geared towards homebrew development.
      • EverDrive 64 X7 - A flash cartridge with USB support for development
      • N64RGB - An N64RGB mod that supports every motherboard revision and works pretty well.
      • sm64gameshark - How to transfer GameShark codes from USB to parallel, and how to identify GameShark cartridges with functional parallel ports

  • Documentation

  • Emulators

    • Actively Maintained

      • Project64 - An open-source emulator for Windows and (soonTM) Linux/Android. It used to focus on compatibility with commercial games, but now also focuses on improving accuracy and emulating as much of the console as possible while remaining performant and compatible.
      • Sixtyforce - A closed-source emulator for Mac
      • mupen64plus - A more recently updated fork of Mupen64 for Linux, Mac OSX, FreeBSD, and Windows. No GUI is included, so you can use simple64, RMG, or the RetroArch core for a UI.
      • simple64 - A fork of Mupen64Plus that is easy to use and also more accurate.
      • Mupen64+ Reverser Edition - A fork of the Mupen64Plus emulator tailored for reverse engineering.
      • ModLoader64 - modding/ModLoader64)) - A wrapper for Mupen64plus that enables modding through plugins written in TypeScript
      • ares - A low-level, accurate multi-system emulator with good support for N64. Available in sources and binary distributions for Windows, Mac and Linux. It includes a CPU and RSP recompiler, and emulates RDP with Vulkan (via Parallel-RDP).
      • Rosalie's Mupen GUI - a GUI for Mupen64Plus that works on Windows. One of the easiest and best ways to use Mupen64Plus with a GUI!
      • Dillonb's dgb-n64 - A low-level, accurate N64 emulator for Windows and Linux. It includes a CPU recompiler, and emulates RDP with Vulkan (via parallel-RDP).
      • Project64 - An open-source emulator for Windows and (soonTM) Linux/Android. It used to focus on compatibility with commercial games, but now also focuses on improving accuracy and emulating as much of the console as possible while remaining performant and compatible.
      • Sixtyforce - A closed-source emulator for Mac
      • mupen64plus - A more recently updated fork of Mupen64 for Linux, Mac OSX, FreeBSD, and Windows. No GUI is included, so you can use simple64, RMG, or the RetroArch core for a UI.
      • ModLoader64 - modding/ModLoader64)) - A wrapper for Mupen64plus that enables modding through plugins written in TypeScript
      • ares - A low-level, accurate multi-system emulator with good support for N64. Available in sources and binary distributions for Windows, Mac and Linux. It includes a CPU and RSP recompiler, and emulates RDP with Vulkan (via Parallel-RDP).

    • Unmaintained

      • 1964 - An open-source emulator for Windows
      • mupen64 - An open-source, multi-platform emulator
      • Wii64 - A port of mupen64 for Nintendo Wii and GameCube
      • Mupen64-360 - A port of Wii64 (and thus mupen64) to the Xbox 360. No longer maintained.
      • Nemu64 - A closed-source emulator for Windows with fantastic debugging tools. Currently is incredibly difficult to run on modern Windows.
      • UltraHLE - An early emulator for Windows. Though closed-source, [the source leaked in 2002](https://web.archive.org/web/20020812020546/http://www.emulation64.com/freeflow-page.html).
      • Surreal64 - An emulator for the original Xbox which includes ports of 1964, Project64, and UltraHLE
      • TrueReality - An open-source emulator
      • Not64 - A fork of Wii64
      • r64emu - A N64 low-level emulator written in Rust
      • cen64 - A [cycle-accurate](https://retrocomputing.stackexchange.com/questions/1191/what-exactly-is-a-cycle-accurate-emulator) emulator for Windows, Linux, and Mac. While currently not fast enough to play games at full speed, it aims for perfect emulation by emulating the hardware inside of the console down to the register-transfer level. Widely used to test ROMs in lieu of or before using real hardware.
      • mupen64 - An open-source, multi-platform emulator
      • Nemu64 - A closed-source emulator for Windows with fantastic debugging tools. Currently is incredibly difficult to run on modern Windows.
      • Mupen64-360 - A port of Wii64 (and thus mupen64) to the Xbox 360. No longer maintained.
      • Surreal64 - An emulator for the original Xbox which includes ports of 1964, Project64, and UltraHLE

    • Works In Progress

      • cor64 - An in-progress emulator written in C#
      • Kaizen (previously Gadolinium) - Work-in-progress emulator written in C++, able to already play some commercial games and replay Mupen TAS movies
      • Gopher64 - An N64 emulator written in Rust by the developer of Simple64, able to already play some commercial games at decent speeds!

  • Programming

    • Assembly

      • Fraser N64 - YouTube channel featuring Nintendo 64 assembly programming
      • N64 Assembly Language Tutorial - Fraser's detailed Nintendo 64 assembly programming guide
      • N64 ASM Tutorials - Nintendo 64 assembly language programming tutorials by Mike Huber (mirrored by Jaeden Amero)
      • n64ops - R4300i, RCP, and RSP opcode details
      • PeterLemon/N64 - Nintendo 64 bare metal MIPS assembly programming reference
      • N64-ASM-Tutorial - The support files for N64 Assembly Language Tutorial
      • n64-assembly - A [Visual Studio Code](https://code.visualstudio.com/) extension that provides language support and theme for the Nintendo 64 assembly language
      • n64-asm-timing - Nintendo 64 CPU instruction timing
      • neon64v2 - An original Nintendo Entertainment System emulator, written in assembly
      • cubeworld - The beginnings of an experimental game, written in assembly
      • sodium64 - A SNES emulator for the N64, written in assembly
      • Fraser N64 - YouTube channel featuring Nintendo 64 assembly programming
      • N64 ASM Tutorials - Nintendo 64 assembly language programming tutorials by Mike Huber (mirrored by Jaeden Amero)

    • C

      • N64 Homebrew Starter Guide - Buu342's guide to creating an N64 game with the official SDK
      • Implementation of Sounds Using the Nintendo 64 Sound Tools - Buu342's guide to implementing sound in your ROM with the Nintendo 64 Sound Tools
      • N64Squid Homebrew - Development walkthrough using the NuSystem library that's part of the official SDK
      • moria.us #nintendo-64 - A series of blog posts covering a broad range of Nintendo 64 development topics
      • N64brew Game Jam 2020 - N64brew Game Jam 2020 submissions
      • N64brew Game Jam 2021 - N64brew Game Jam 2021 submissions
      • N64brew Game Jam 2022 - N64brew Game Jam 2022 submissions
      • N64brew Game Jam 2023 - N64brew Game Jam 2023 submissions
      • helloworld - Hello World example using NuSystem and S2DEX microcode
      • Penguins Luv Melons - A homebrew game built with `libdragon`
      • n64-sdk-demo - jsdf's detailed example with heavily-commented source showing basic usage of the official SDK and the NuSystem library
      • N64brew Game Jam 2024 - A collaborative minigame ROM for the N64brew Game Jam 2024
      • brick64 - A homebrew 3D brick-breaker game using the official SDK
      • Driving Strikers 64 - A Nintendo 64 port of the indie Dreamcast game _Driving Strikers_ using `libdragon` and `tiny3d`
      • goose64 - jsdf's _Untitled Goose Game_ "demake"
      • BrewChristmas - A single 3D holiday scene built using `libdragon` and `tiny3d`
      • Controller-Pak-Manager - A ROM that presents graphical user interface to manage Controller Pak data
      • old-castle - A homebrew game based on a NuSystem sample from the official SDK
      • n64-gameoflife
      • shibamatch - A Shiba Inu-themed memory match game
      • ochim - An up to 4 player action puzzle game
      • UltraEd - An in-progress level editor and game engine
      • n64zlibbench - A zlib benchmark with result display
      • small64 - The first Nintendo 64 4K intro (a demoscene executable that produces visuals and music using 4KB or less)
      • chip8-n64 - A [CHIP-8](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CHIP-8) emulator, using `libdragon`
      • ClassiCube - A multi-platform Minecraft Classic / ClassiCube client with early N64 support, using `libdragon`
      • gb64 - A Nintendo Game Boy emulator that runs on real hardware
      • mvs64 - A NeoGeo emulator
      • n64-gba - A proof of concept Game Boy Advance emulator (only runs ARMWrestler, a CPU exercise ROM)
      • paniclab64 - A homebrew game inspired by _Panic Lab_ from Gigamic
      • platformer64 - An in-progress adventure platformer
      • aw64 - (C++) A Nintendo 64 port of the bytecode interpreter from _Another World_/_Out of This World_
      • Memory64-N64 - A Simon style memory game with Rumble Pak support, using libdragon
      • Mine64 - A Minecraft clone, using Nintendo's NuSystem library
      • N64-NetLib - A set of tools and libraries to connect your Nintendo 64 homebrew to the internet
      • n64_bullet_demo - An example of using Bullet Physics with `libdragon`'s OpenGL branch to create physics simulations
      • FlappyBird-N64 - A demake of _Flappy Bird_ using `libdragon`
      • Happy Little Frog Game - An in-progress platformer made with `libdragon` and `tiny3d`
      • N64-RPG - An in-progress RPG engine using `libdragon`
      • n64triangle - RDP triangle demo, using `libdragon`
      • non_nusys_demo - A complex demo built without relying on Nintendo's NuSystem library
      • SpaceCube64 - A space-like shooter game made in a weekend for TOJam 2024
      • 64doom - A source port of the original _DOOM_
      • cmake-demo-rom - Demonstrates building toolchains and a ROM using CMake and `libdragon`
      • n64_controller_test - A simple homebrew ROM built with `libdragon` to perform some basic controller tests
      • controllertest - Another controller test ROM, also built with `libdragon`
      • rsp-ruination - A torture test that uses an emulated RSP on the CPU to validate functionality of the actual RSP
      • ultra64-templates - Game templates/starting points for use with n64sdkmod
      • vlak64 - A reimplementation of the classic DOS game _Vlak_ using `libdragon`
      • BrewReality - A 3D flight simulator tech demo built with `libdragon`, featuring 128x128 textures and dynamic sky and lighting
      • CounterEmotion-Bar - A Targem Games 3-Day GameJam 2025 entry built with `libdragon` and `tiny3d`
      • Pong64 - A port of Pong featuring additional game modes, using `libdragon`
      • ultra64demos - Original SGI Nintendo 64 technical demos
      • UltraEd - An in-progress level editor and game engine
      • Memory64-N64 - A Simon style memory game with Rumble Pak support, using libdragon
      • N64brew Game Jam 2025 - N64brew Game Jam 2025 submissions
      • pyrite64 - A game engine and editor using `libdragon` and `tiny3d` from C++
      • Legend of Elya - A 4-layer nano-GPT neural network (819K parameters) running natively on the N64's MIPS R4300i FPU, believed to be the first LLM on Nintendo 64 hardware
      • Implementation of Sounds Using the Nintendo 64 Sound Tools - Buu342's guide to implementing sound in your ROM with the Nintendo 64 Sound Tools
      • N64Squid Homebrew - Development walkthrough using the NuSystem library that's part of the official SDK
      • Penguins Luv Melons - A homebrew game built with `libdragon`
      • hash-bench-n64 - Hash-algorithm benchmark ROM that times 32 cryptographic and non-cryptographic hashes (CRC, MD5, SHA-1, SHA-512, BLAKE2s, etc.) on the VR4300 and displays µs/iter and KB/s on screen, using `libdragon`

    • Go

      • clktmr/n64 - Support for Nintendo 64 in [embeddedgo](https://embeddedgo.github.io)
      • gopher-kart - A port of the original gopher-kart browser game to demo Go support
      • Getting Started with Go - A blog post about building a ROM in Go, covering framebuffer output, controller polling, and audio playback

    • Rust

      • rrt0/examples - Rust examples using cargo-n64
      • gameshark-rs - Rust library and tools for working with GameShark codes
      • n64-systemtest - A collection of hardware tests written in Rust
      • cargo-n64 - A `cargo` subcommand to build Nintendo 64 ROMs in Rust
      • n64toolchain - Rust Implementation of a Nintendo 64 ROM toolchain
      • rs64-rt - Minimal Rust startup / runtime for Nintendo 64
      • rs64-periph - Fairly raw N64 MMIO definitions
      • rs64-rom - Rust library for manipulating ROMs
      • libdragon-bindings - Rust bindings and interface for `libdragon`
      • libdragon-rs - Rust bindings to `libdragon`
      • rs64romtool - Tool for manipulating ROMs (depends on rs64-rom)
      • rrt0 - A simple cross-platform runtime / startup for Rust on embedded devices
      • n64rom-rs - A library and toolkit for working with ROMs
      • loka-n64 - Nintendo 64 tools (including `extract_boot_code`, useful for cargo-n64) and a work in progress game
      • n64-slides-apr - Source code for April 2019 Rust Meetup slides as a Nintendo 64 ROM
      • libdragon-bindings - Rust bindings and interface for `libdragon`
Programming Languages
C 43 Rust 9 Go 5 Python 5 C++ 4 Assembly 3 JavaScript 2 Objective-C 1
Categories
Reverse Engineering 103 Programming 95 Tools and Libraries 77 Emulators 32 Development Hardware 32 Documentation 25 Toolchains 12 Community 11 Videos 10 Assemblers 6
Sub Categories
Projects 86 C 62 Unmaintained 47 Asset Conversion and Viewing 27 Rust 17 ROM Manipulation 16 Tools and Disassemblers 15 Actively Maintained 14 Assembly 13 Development Libraries 10 Audio Playback and Editing 10 Debugging 7 Development Cartridge Loaders 6 Go 3 Works In Progress 3 Guides and Reference 2 Flashcart Menu Software 1
Keywords
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